Even Racists Got the Blues.

I used to see a lot of this stuff when I lived in Kansas City. On tea-towels, on stained glass, on […]

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Ireland won its first gold medal yesterday at the London 2012 Olympic Games, courtesy of World and European Champion boxer Katie Taylor.
This is some of […]

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I took this photo of an Obama t-shirt as Gaeilge (in Irish) in town - Dublin - a couple of days ago.
When I lived in […]

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It’s that day when people ask me how to pronounce samhain.
Samhain being the word in Irish (as in Gaelic/Gaeilge) also used for November, as well […]

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Well actually a magazine.
The current edition (#12 March-April, 2010) of KC Studio, Kansas City’s guide to the performing, visual, and cinematic arts, features a […]

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A reminder of 2 things about New Year from an Irish perspective.
1. How to say Happy New Year in Irish (Gaelic/Gaeilge)
2. How the Irish celebrate […]

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The Irish Gaelic Language classes at the Irish Museum & Cultural Center (IMCC) begin September 30 and October 1, 2009. These are new dates as […]

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There is a short introduction to Irish (the Gaelic language) course for adults and teens this summer at the Irish Museum & Cultural Center (IMCC).
The […]

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IrishDictionary.org has launched a free PDF version of its dictionary.
IrishDictionary.org is a free, open, collaborative Irish dicitonary that relies on its members to build […]

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Since a lot of people are asking, I’ll remind you of how to say Happy New Year in Irish (Gaeilge/Gaelic).

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Today, Sunday 28th September, 2008, at the Irish Museum and Cultural Center at Union Station (IMCC) you get the opportunity to learn the “Our Father” […]

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Starting on Wednesday, September 10, 2008, there are classes in Conversational Irish at the Irish Museum & Cultural Center (IMCC) in Union Station.
These classes in […]

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Annie Simmermon in the University Daily Kansan found it scary deciding to go abroad but decided that she needed to know more than Kansas. […]

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Sunday Short time.
The featured Irish short film today is a nice little fable called Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom (My Name Is You Ming). It’s […]

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In a brave and ambitious move, the Kansas City Gaelic Football Club has announced the establishment of an Irish language circle.
The aim of the […]

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I have a friend who is a writer, and her episode of Ros na Rún, the Irish language soap, is on tonight. Thing is […]

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A 10-week course in Gaeilge, which is Irish for Irish, the language that is, or Gaelic as you may know it, begins at Kansas City’s […]

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By far the word I have most been asked the Irish for in the 8-plus years I’ve lived in Kansas City, is “Grandmother”.
In Irish pubs, […]

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A wine with an Irish name has been named by Kansas City’s Present magazine as the wine that “may be the best wine dollar for […]

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A few days ago my brother in Ireland sent me an article from the Irish Times.
It was by Kate Holmquist about a new book making […]

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